Brush



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS H. GRUNEWALD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,384, dated October8, 1889.

Application filed January 24, 1889. Serial No. 297,395. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS H. GRUNE-- following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the class of brushes known aswhisk-brushes, being the kind employed most commonly for dustingwearing-apparel, and formed of broom-corn bunched and flattened andprovided with a short handle by which to hold the device in the hand.

The object of my invention is to improve that class of whisk-brooms inwhich means other than sewing are'employed for maintaining the flatshape of the broom, and which shall at the same time afford a highlyornamental finish to the brush and render it the more attractive andsalable.

To this end my invention consists in the general construction of myimprovement;'

and it also consists in details of construction and combinations ofparts, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aview in elevation of awhisk-brush provided with my improvement; Fig. 2, an enlarged edge viewof the band in the form it assumes when applied to the brush; Fig; 3, anenlarged broken plan View of the band with the clamp removed, and Fig. 4a cross-sectional view of the band.

A is a brush of the Whisk-brush variety. The flat shape of the brush ismaintained by a band B, involving a construction and secured in place ashereinafter described, and which preferably affords a substitute for thecommon twine or wire sewed fastening, though it may be applied to asewed brush, when its function would be more ornamental than structural,though even then it would tend to stiffen and strengthen the article.The band B comprises a flat strip of sheet metal, preferably tin 1',having a narrow strip of a textile fabric, such as gimp q, imposed uponit and secured thereon by bending over its edges the lateral edges ofthe metal strip r, The band thus formed is stiif and strong, and isapplied to the brush by bendingit around the part of the latter wherethe stitching is ordinarily done and pressing it against the surface ofthe brush. The ends of the band are caused to meet each other, and aresecured together by passing through them a staple 19, the prongs ofwhich should be sufficiently long to extend transversely nearly throughthe brush, and thereby firmly secure the band in place. The staple maybe covered by a clamp 0, comprising a strip of sheet metal benttransversely around the ends of the band B, as shown.

The band B affords readily-applied, cheap, durable, strong, andeffective means for maintaining the flat shape of the brush andstiffening it, and besides, owing particularly to the contrast presentedby the gimp and the metal edges with which it is provided, renders thebrush highly attractive and, accordingly, the more salable.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

The combination, witha Whisk-brush A, of a band B, extending around thebrush, and a staple 10, passed into the broom through the adjacent endsof the band and securing the said ends together, and a retaining mediumfor the staple,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

AUGUSTUS H. GRUNEWALD.

In presence of- M. J. BowERs, J. W. DYRENFORTH.

